This is an analysis of the poem Baby Tortoise that begins with:
You know what it is to be born alone,
Baby tortoise!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeX a a XbdXfga ffgfbca X hhiba Xcaeiifb Xiaj d kjhlc fgk hfl kkcX kh Xba aXi hXiaXib ehi khfXkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,1,7,7,1,5,8,4,1,5,3,3,4,2,3,3,7,3,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110000101 1010 011011110110001 1101 101111 1101 0101011001 010110111110011010 11101 010101100101 11110101 111111111010 01111 1011 11 011110101 1111110101 111101 11001011 10011101010 101000 11101101 1111101001101 111011011111101010 100111 1010101001 0111111011 101011 0101011 10110101001 11101 100101001 100111101111001010 1111111 11010110101 111010 11101011101111001 11001011 1011010101 011 111101 1110010 10011010000110011 101 1101001010010 1110100 010100 10110011101 100 11011 1011010000111101 1101000010 100 10010110 1101111 110 11000101110 111010101101 01001000 0100101 1111010101101 110110011001011 1010010 1001010111 10101 101111011 001100010101 0101101001 111111010 010011001011010010 11011001010 100101 11 1001011 100 0111010111 10100001101 11101110 0100110
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 79
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, forward, you, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, your, what are repeated.
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- summary of Baby Tortoise;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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